// JavaScript Captions for Bob 2005 Slide Show
// Revised August 10, 2006

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headline[0] = "Announcing the new Lisgar GO Train Station";
caption[0] = "Pat Saito and I announced that northwest Mississauga's dream of a new GO Train station would become reality in January of 2005, with the construction of the new Lisgar GO Train station, due to open in 2007.";

headline[1] = "Fix-up funds for older schools";
caption[1] = "Ontario announced funds to enable older Peel Region schools to be upgraded. We announced the grants at Vista Heights in Streetsville. The Peel Board got $52 million, and the Dufferin-Peel Board got $24 million.";

headline[2] = "Taking in Mississauga's best technology";
caption[2] = "I attended the City of Misissauga technology day to see what tips Ontario can get from how Misissauga uses information technology.";

headline[3] = "Announcing more funding for Credit Valley Hospital";
caption[3] = "Throughout 2005, I was able to represent the Government of Ontario as we brought more badly-needed funds to help our local hospital. This announcement took place in the beautiful atrium in the Cancer Care Centre.";

headline[4] = "Credit Valley Phase II gets the go-ahead";
caption[4] = "In August of 2005, Public Infrastructure Minister David Caplan and I announced that Credit Valley's Phase II would go ahead. This is a big step. See this web site for more details.";

headline[5] = "CVH Phase II: the big moment";
caption[5] = "Credit Valley Hospital's Phase II will take the pressure off the emergency ward, and the maternity suite. Minister Caplan and CVH President Wayne Fyffe and I look at the drawings in August 2005.";

headline[6] = "The petition to the Legislature";
caption[6] = "Credit Valley made this enlargement of our petition to the Legislature that I and so many others read to keep Credit Valley's needs front-and-centre, and get the go-ahead decision for Phase II.";

headline[7] = "Visiting our local schools";
caption[7] = "The best way to make government and what it does relevant to students is to go into their classes and talk about it. Here I am visiting with the students at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School.";

headline[8] = "Ribbon-cutting at Crabby Joe's";
caption[8] = "Crabby Joe's at South Common Centre asked me to help with the ribbon-cutting when they opened in the spring of 2005. Franchisee Shaz Bhojani is at my right. The food is very good; I've gone back numerous times.";

headline[9] = "Working with our Chinese businesses";
caption[9] = "Mississauga's Board of Chinese Professionals and Businesses (CPB) is a wonderful organization that is very generous with its community commitments. Each year, CPB sponsors its <i>Healthy Living Expo</i> at the Living Arts Centre.";

headline[10] = "Back-to-School info";
caption[10] = "In August and September, I met with about a thousand students at all levels during two days at the Erin Mills Town Centre.";

headline[11] = "First Smart Meter in Churchill Meadows";
caption[11] = "A kilowatt-hour saved is much more economical than generating the same power. My new Churchill Meadows home was the first to receive a Smart Meter from Enersource Hydro Misissauga. The guys installed it on a chilly November day.";

headline[12] = "Acting Speaker of the Legislature";
caption[12] = "As Chair of the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly, I am sometimes asked to &quot;take the Chair&quot; when the Deputy Speaker is unavailable. It is a great experience.";

headline[13] = "Visiting Washington D.C.";
caption[13] = "My other half, Andrea's, sister is married to Guyana's Ambassador to the USA. One day on a visit, I accompanied Ambassador Bayney Karran (centre) to the Inter-American Defense College for a lecture by him to a group of senior military officers from the Americas. The Chair was Mexican General Adolfo Dominguez, at left.";

headline[14] = "At National Geographic's headquarters";
caption[14] = "Many of us read the magazine. Here's what the National Geographic HQ looks like. Andrea's cousin, Cynthia Ramroop (third from left) works at National Geographic, and gave us a tour. That's Cynthia's Dad Leonard Ramroop at right. Andrea is beside me.";